Square Enix ‘wants to release Final Fantasy 16 on Xbox’, producer says

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has said Square Enix wants to release the game for Xbox.

During an interview with Video Games, Yoshida was asked if he could offer any news on a potential release for the game on Microsoft consoles.

“Of course we did announce the PC version of the game, so looking towards the Xbox version, we do want to release it on Xbox,” he said. “But when it comes to the specifics such as when the game would be available and such, we are not in a position to be able to share anything.

“But of course, I want to say that it’s not as if there’s zero hope, and we very much do want to achieve that,” he added. “So players should not give up in terms of their hopes.”

Final Fantasy 16 is one of several recent PS5 exclusives that have failed to meet Square Enix’s sales expectations, leading the publisher to announce plans to “shift to a multiplatform strategy”.

A PC version of Final Fantasy 16 was released last month, and the game’s director has said he thinks it’s likely that future series entries will be released for PC and console simultaneously.

Industry insider Nate the Hate, who has a track record of breaking news prior to its official announcement, claimed in early September that Final Fantasy 16 was heading to Xbox, but that Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection was the more immediate release coming to Microsoft consoles from the publisher.

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster was announced and released for Xbox last week, coinciding with Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show stream.